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WHEN  ONLY 


Copyright  1916,  by 
The  Woman's  Order  of  Esoteric  Masonry. 


The  Master  Mind  Prsss,  Los  Aneeles. 


PREFACE. 

THE  COMPASS  and  square  is  a 
small  compilation  of  fragmentary 
lore  designed  as  a  finger  post  to 
point  the  way  for  the  student  who 
seeks  to  know  that  Equilibrium,  Unity, 
and  Harmony  in  Existence  are  essen- 
tial in  Evolution  to  establish  Equality, 
Justice,  Liberty  and  Peace. 

Books  are  innumerable,  —  Sciences 
are  many, — Life  is  short, — Obstacles 
are  great, — Hinderances  are  frequent; 
— Seek  ye  therefore  the  essence  of 
Knowledge,  which  is  truth. 

The  original  Delphic  Oracle  says: — 

KNOW  THYSELF  THROUGH  THE  MYS- 
TERIES OF  SEX ! 


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This  Booklet  is  Dedicated 
to 

of 
|Co2  ^ngal^g,  CU^ltfornm 

The  Only  Incorporated  School  ever 
established,  exclusively  devoted  to 
woman's  attainment  of  the  Mystic  and 
Higher  Knowledge. 

That  she  may  recover  her  lost  inher- 
itance, is  the  earnest  and  sincere,  soul 
desire  of  the  writer. 

GO  LITTLE  SOOK  AND  DO  GOOD 

Devotedly  Yours  in  Service. 
33° 

Los  Angeles,  California. 
June,  1916 


EXPLANATION. 

THIS  Compilation  is  designed  for 
Women  only,  for  the  simple  rea- 
son, that  Man  needs  no  small 
finger-board  to  tell  him  there  is  a  vast 
and  valuable  Knowledge,  and  the  way 
to  find  it.  He  has  had  access  to  same 
for  Centuries,  through  the  Tuan  made 
secret  fraternities  and  certain  Church 
Hierarchies,  where  this  Lore  has  been 
usurped  and  concealed  under  cunning 
phrases  and  recondite  symbolism,  and 
to  which  all  Women  have  been  denied 
admission,  considered  as  undeserving, 
and  incapable. 

Thus,  man,  would  only  scorn  and  de- 
ride this  very  humble  and  plain  attempt 
to  suggest  the  Way  of  Truth  to  Woman, 
whose  place  has  (since  developed  man- 
kind existed),  ever  been  assigned  to 
servitude  and  dense  ignorance,  by  mas- 
culine authority,  as  best  for  the  Evolu- 
tion of  the  Race. 


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Present  conditions  of  this  Man  ruled 
world  today,  demand,  that  Woman 
raise  herself  out  of  this  sand  and  mire, 
and  seeks  to  understand,  if  all  real 
KNOWLEDGE  should  remain  concealed, 
for  the  benefit  of  self-aggrandizement, 
and  selfish  power,  of  a  very  few  of  only 
one-half  of  mankind,  while  the  strug- 
gling multitudes,  en  masse,  must  suffer 
and  perish. 

Woman's  Inheritance,  is  Divine  Rea- 
son, which  will  grant  her  Poise  and 
Peace,  and  she  must  seek  it,  to  know  the 
meaning  of  all  Life.    ''So  mote  it  be.'' 

''Show  me  but  one  worthy  person, 
who  is  capable  of,  and  fit  to  receive  the 
Sacred,  Secret  Mysteries,  and  I  will 
show  him  the  right  and  infallible  way 
to  come  by  it. 

"Yet  this,  I  must  tell  thee,  it  would 
sink  thee  to  the  ground  to  hear  this 
mystery  related,  for  it  cannot  ascend  to 
the  Heart  of  mankind,  how  near  God  is 
to  them,  and  how  to  be  found. 

"The  common  Chemist,  works  with 
the  common  fire,  and  without  any  me- 


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dium,  wherefore  he  produces  nothing, 
for  he  works  not  as  God  doth  to  preser-- 
vation,  but  to  destruction;  hence  it  is, 
that  he  ends  always  in  ashe  s/' 
(Agrippa.) 

''The  error  in  all  creeds,  is,  that  they 
define  the  Deity,  by  expressing  every- 
thing that  He  is  not 

Albert  Pike,  in  Legenda — 32°  P.  16 


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LESSON  FIRST. 

THE  dominant  motive  in  arrang- 
ing this  Compilation,  is,  to  bring 
before  Women,  the  necessity  of 
their  awakening  to  know  and  fully  un- 
derstand, that  there  is  a  concealed 
Knowledge  of  the  Real  in  all  Life  and 
Nature  that  is  their  inheritance,  and 
concerns  them  more  than  it  does  man, 
who  possesses  it. 

Knowledge  is  Power;  ignorance  is 
weakness.  Knowledge  liberates,  igno- 
rance enslaves.  Herein,  lies  the  secret 
of  its  usurpation.  The  masses  of  hu- 
manity, being  enslaved,  gives  Liberty, 
Selfish-ease  and  Crafty  power  to  a  dom- 
inant few,  who  have  most  successfully 
exploited  the  various  Races  of  Mankind, 
during  the  existence  of  human  life  upon 
the  Planet. 

Everywhere,  and  among  all  the  va- 
rious phases  of  mankind  over  the  Globe, 
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one  and  the  same  condition  is  found  for 
women,  varying  only  in  form.  That  is 
their  dense  ignorance  en  masse,  of  all 
but  the  trivial  illusions  and  falsities  of 
Life,  rendering  them  inane,  helpless 
and  hopeless,  to  cope  with  their  bond- 
age. 

For  multiplied  centuries  of  the  vast 
long  ago,  all  that  was  worthy  of  effort 
in  education  was  so  concealed  under  a 
complex  style  of  phraseology,  and  a  net- 
work of  symbology,  that  it  eventually 
became  only  the  *'Lost  Word'^  and  so 
buried  under  the  rubbish  of  bigoted 
egoism,  that  all  influence,  or  conception 
of  its  majestic  power  and  sacred  value 
has  disappeared. 

There  is  evidence  that  the  great  mo- 
tive of  the  mighty  Law  of  Nature,  in 
producing  manifestation  by  form,  was 
the  expansion  of  Mind  and  Soul  con- 
sciousness. That  continued  growth  in 
evolution,  which  leads  to  Unity  in  Uni- 
versal Wisdom,  and  is  the  only  treasure 
worth  while,  or  worthy  of  great  effort 
by   fallen   conscious   life, — i.    e.,   the 

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Widow's  Son — for  Nature  ever  d  e  - 
stroys  that  which  does  not  grow;  and 
to  know  the  REAL,  free  from  false 
teaching,  under  the  mighty  Laws  of 
Life  and  Being,  is  the  inheritance  of 
man-kind. 

The  same  condition  has  environed 
and  limited  real  knowledge  that  has 
fallen  to  the  lot  of  other  human  pos- 
sessions. Its  actual  holders  naming 
themselves  the  '^favored  few''  strive  to 
retain  it  exclusively  for  self-interest. 

Imparting  knowledge,  does  not  di- 
minish its  store ;  one  can  remain  as  rich 
as  ever,  after  making  others  rich,  but 
the  vain,  human  mind  places  a  very 
high  value  upon  self-distinction,  fear- 
ing its  loss. 

Knowledge,  however  held,  is  essen- 
tially power,  and  in  many  respects,  it 
serves  the  same  purpose  as  money  pos- 
sessions, gaining  selfish  ease,  adoration, 
and  the  power  of  governing.  This 
radiates  a  more  brilliant  halo,  in  the 
midst  of  ignorance,  which  ever  implies 
general  weakness  easily  exploited. 

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Thus,  we  have  flourishing  Church 
hierarchies,  and  various  Secret  Frater- 
nities, all  under  arbitrary,  masculine 
domination.  Subject  to  these  continued 
conditions,  there  is  in  time,  developed 
a  state  of  affairs  which  affords  no  in- 
ducement to  impart  real  knowledge, 
there  not  being  sufficient  intelligence 
abroad  to  appreciate  or  understand  the 
great  truths  and  philosophies  of  Life, 
although  announced  in  their  plainest 
garb  of  simplicity. 

Ignorance,^  Fanaticism,  and  Preju- 
dice, opposing  all  effort  in  that  direc- 
tion. Ignorance  ever  generates  igno- 
rance, multiplying  supreme  misery,  and 
this  alone  should  imply  that  the  com- 
passionless  material  law  of  "I  will  mul- 
tiply'^ should  be  controlled  by  reason 
and  justice,  for  it  is  in  this  dense  ignor- 
ance that  the  deep  sleep  of  Adam  con- 
tinues to  be  the  baneful  inheritance  of 
all  the  various  Races  of  mankind,  up  to 
the  present  time,  its  somnolent  influ- 
ence stultifying  and  destructive,  sway- 
ing the  varied  mentality  of  the  masses 

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to  that  extreme  degree  that  they  fail  to 
seek  or  comprehend ;  remaining  content 
to  have  some  one  do  their  thinking  for 
them,  at  a  stipulated  salary. 

Woman  especially,  owing  to  her  cred- 
ulity, is  the  chief  support  of  this  para- 
sitic class,  who  regard  her  as  a  soulless 
commodity,  a  focused  center  of  con- 
tempt and  ridicule,  for  her  superficial 
life  of  vanity  and  insincerity. 

As  the  ''mother's''  of  men,  she  has 
always  dwelt  in  a  deep  channel  of  in- 
feriority, serving  and  admiring  her 
self-styled  superiors;  accordingly,  her 
supreme  desire  and  aspiration  has  ever 
been,  and  continues  to  be,  up  to  the 
present  time,  to  serve  and  worship  some 
Master,  physically,  morally  and  spirit- 
ually, not  realizing  that  the  great  ma- 
jority of  so-called  Masters  and  Leaders 
of  blind  humanity  of  the  past,  were 
men  of  evil,  selfish,  motive,  whom,  to 
serve,  worship  and  admire,  only  in- 
creases her  inferiority  and  degrada- 
tion. 


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Enlightenment,  and  a  general  broad 
conception  of  facts  only,  will  endow 
Woman  with  a  New  Life ;  a  new  under- 
standing, a  proper  aspiration,  a  knowl- 
edge of  her  own  higher  self,  and  a  log- 
ical hope  of  immortality. 

Then,  as  the  intelligent  Soul  of  the 
Race,  she  can  aid  in  overthrowing  the 
evil  customs  and  conditions  that  have 
cursed  our  ignorant  and  unhappy 
World,  for  countless  aeons  of  time. 
Thus,  establishing  a  better  environment 
for  the  development  of  Soul  and  Mind, 
in  the  propagation  of  human  life. 

Priceless  education  will  develop  all 
the  requisites  for  that  necessary  com- 
panionship to  unite  Love  and  Wisdom ; 
those  infallible  guides  to  the  Haven  of 
Equilibrium,  Liberty,  and  abiding 
Peace. 

It  is  the  duty  of  Woman  to  cultivate 
a  mentality,  strong  and  positive,  pos- 
sessing her  own  body  and  intellect,  en- 
dowed with  the  ability  to  recognize  how 
she  has  ever  been  mis-guided,  and  the 
crafty  motive  of  her  deceivers. 

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Until  this  is  thoroughly  understood, 
she  can  never  be  a  capable  voting  citi- 
zen, but  only  a  tool  for  the  Jesuitic 
methods  and  influence,  of  Politics. 

Church  hierarchies,  are  centers  of 
political  power,  and  all  Governments  of 
importance  are  controlled  by  Secret 
Fraternities  since  they  murdered  Mor- 
gan. Black  Magicians  are  as  numerous 
as  in  the  days  of  ancient  Atlantis,  and 
they  find  lucrative  fields  of  labor  every- 
where, by  the  credulity  of  the  masses. 
The  much  vaunted  medical  profession, 
is  one  of  the  most  fruitful  planes  of 
action,  and  thousands  of  ignorant  women 
are  dragged  into  unnecessary  surgical 
operations  for  imaginary  ills;  their 
health  and  usefulness  destroyed,  that 
the  Surgeon  may  have  practical  experi- 
ence, combined  with  an  exorbitant  fee. 

Search  ye,  the  hidden  paths  for  price- 
less knoivledge.  The  day  of  mental  lib- 
eration approaches.  The  World  is 
growing  ripe  for  the  wisdom  faculty, 
and  the  golden  threads  must  be  unrav- 
eled from  the  web  of  secret  Knowledge. 

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Give  humanity  that  which  is  locked 
within  the  doors  of  antiquated  organi- 
zations, and  the  whole  world  will  be 
the  gainer  for  having  access  to  foun- 
tains of  Truth. 

Peace  and  Good  Will,  shall  then  be 
united,  and  shower  the  blessing  of  Jus- 
tice over  all  the  Races  of  man-kind. 

Nature,  is  the  great  teacher  of  hu- 
manity, for  it  is  the  Revelation  of  God, 
and  those  who  know  this  Revelation, 
acknowledge  no  superior,  but  law,  and 
bend  the  knee  only  to  the  Creator. 

The  only  Master  for  Woman  to  rev- 
erence, is  her  own  higher  self,  in  this 
important  School  for  the  Soul,  called 
Life ;  an  arena  of  experience  and  disci- 
pline, that  prepares  it  to  return  from 
exile,  to  that  brighter  existence  beyond 
the  Portal  of  Death. 

Life,  arising  out  of  death,  is  one  of 
the  great  mysteries  which  symbolism 
has  represented  in  a  thousand  ingen- 
ious ways;  and  the  wisdom  of  all  an- 
cient Nations,  comes  to  us  through 
symbols,  representing  Truth. 

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These  symbols  can  be  traced  over  the 
complete  Globe  and  back  to  the  long 
forgotten  Centuries.  In  every  age  of 
the  World's  history,  we  find  the  Cross, 
the  Circle  and  the  Swastika.  They  are 
as  old  as  man  himself,  and  reveal  the 
most  important  teaching,  that  there  is 
one  true  and  original  Law,  invariable, 
eternal,  calling  with  irrestible  voice  to 
Duty  and  Justice. 

It  is  the  Law  of  Unity,  and  Aphro- 
dite, is  its  principle. 

This  knowledge  of  Law  is  the  inher- 
itance of  the  Race,  but  has  been  con- 
cealed and  lost;  is  only  known  as  the 
"Lost  Word,''  and  by  perseverance  in 
study,  and  investigation,  alone,  can  we 
ever  recover  any  perception  and  under- 
standing of  the  Great  Divine  Laws 
governing  the  Universe  and  our  own 
existence. 

Those  who  aspire  to  again  walk  with 
Gods  as  in  the  time  of  the  mythical 
Adam,  must  study  the  mystic  ''G"  and 
learn  to  model  their  life  after  the  Di- 
vine plan. 

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An  understanding  of  this  Plan  of 
Life  and  Law,  is  most  essential  to 
Woman  in  her  struggling  evolution,  for 
she  Vv^ill  be  forced  in  time  by  its  power 
and  influence  to  awaken  from  her  long 
senseless  slum^ber  to  which,  she  should 
never  have  allowed  herself  to  have  been 
subjected. 

The  lost  knowledge  of  Secret  Frater- 
nities, concerns  Woman  more  than 
Man,  and  is  based  upon  the  mystery  of 
the  separation  of  androgynous  man- 
kind, into  distinct  male  and  female ;  the 
understanding  of  Generation  and  re- 
birth, and  the  giant  accomplishment  of 
the  Great  Work  in  the  return  of  hu- 
manity again  to  Unity,  plus  the  gain 
of  knowledge  by  experience,  during  the 
separation. 

The  original  Delphic  Oracle  reads: 
^'Know  thyself,  through  the  mysteries 
of  sex,''  but  the  original  was  destroyed 
during  the  period  of  selfish  usurpation, 
which  plunged  the  World  of  man-kind 
in  chaotic  ignorance,  black  as  Eternal 
Night,  and  present  conditions  are  but 

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a  small  example  of  the  degradation  in 
evil  results.  Yet  there  is  a  faint  glim- 
mering of  hope,  that  these  most  terri- 
ble Twentieth  Century  environments 
may  hasten  the  striking  of  the  hour 
when  a  shackeled  and  benighted  hu- 
manity will  majestically  rise  up  and 
demand  the  Truth  which  shall  make 
them  FREE. 

Women  were  known  in  the  Lodge  up 
to  1806,  and  the  historical  Josephine 
was  the  last  high  Priestess  of  Masonry, 
held  a  prisoner  at  Malmaison  by  two 
Governments  until  the  last  moment  of 
her  life,  that  she  might  not  reveal  her 
Knowledge  of  the  atrocious  Masonic 
French  Revolution,  and  for  which  the 
ambitious  and  soulless  Napolean  mar- 
ried her.  Their  charming  life  together 
being  a  fable. 


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LESSON  SECOND. 

OF  all  the  various  secret  fraterni- 
ties, Free  Masonry,  is  the  most 
powerful, — to  know  one,  you 
know  all, — and  is  under  a  hierarchial 
form  of  government ;  its  influence,  com- 
bined with  that  of  dominant  Church 
hierarchies,  forming  a  most  insidious 
and  mighty  adversary  to  the  general 
progress  and  enlightenment  of  the 
masses.  Of  this,  the  majority  of  the 
order  must  be  cognizant,  however  un- 
instructed  they  are  in  the  grand  philos- 
ophy, science,  and  religion  of  their  own 
spiritual  truths,  which  embrace  a  scope 
of  knowledge  vast  and  inspiring,  ex- 
pressed in  symbology  and  allegory,  no 
definite  explanation  of  which  can  be 
given  in  detail  in  a  work  so  small  as 
this. 

The  number  of  degrees  are  super- 
fluous. The  three  Blue  Degrees,  with 
the  united  Mark-Master,  belonging  to 
the  Fellow-Craft  degree,  and  the  sub- 

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lime  Royal  Arch  degree,  originally  con- 
tained all  the  instruction  of  the  ancient 
mysteries;  but  they  were  dismembered 
of  their  value,  about  the  middle  of  the 
18th  century,  and  the  present  Order  is 
a  system  of  degree  commercialism;  a 
graft ;  devoid  of  the  original  knowledge 
and  purpose  of  the  fraternity. 

Selfishness,  is  the  mighty  fountain 
source  of  all  evil,  and  combined  with  an 
oath, — protection  of  the  barbarous  age, 
equal  for  the  unworthy  as  the  worthy, 
who  are  freely  admitted  for  the  price, 
per  capita, — it  forms  a  coalition  which 
is  not  productive  of  Race  elevation,  or 
Justice  and  Good  Will  to  man-kind. 

The  great  vice  of  the  age  is  falsity, 
and  its  twin  companion  dishonesty, 
under  which  the  majority  of  secret  fra- 
ternities, have  been  misled,  not  realiz- 
ing the  mighty  scope  of  their  philosophy 
and  religion. 

Masonry  is  a  vast  field  of  profound 
knowledge  of  science,  philosophy  and  re- 
ligion, and  whether  Masons  know  it  or 
not,  its  symbols  represent  the  Creator 

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and  his  Wisdom,  Word  and  manifesta- 
tion, aiding  its  students  to  comprehend 
the  great  high-way  from  protoplasm 
back  to  God. 

The  different  and  superfluous  de- 
grees were  invented  as  the  number  of 
initiates  increased,  in  order  that  there 
might  be  an  inner  apartment  of  the 
Temple,  for  a  favored  few,  to  whom 
alone  the  m^ore  valuable  secrets  are  in- 
trusted and  who  can  effectually  wield 
the  influence  and  power  of  the  order. 
Thus  Masonic  mysteries  have  been  made 
use  of  to  build  wider  and  higher  the 
mighty  selfish  fabric  of  their  own  power, 
and  the  sacred  altar,  has  been  changed 
to  the  gilded  throne,  on  which  to  reign 
supreme,  while  the  multitudes  of  hu- 
manity like  dumb  cattle,  have  been  con- 
tent to  accept  fraud  and  falsity,  cun- 
ning and  hypocrisy,  in  preference  to 
Truth,  Honor  and  Justice. 

The  four  essential  degrees  of  Mason- 
ry before  mentioned,  present  a  wide  and 
inexhaustible  field  for  study  and  con- 
templation, worthy  of  the  most  careful 

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attention  of  all  sudents,  as  they  differen- 
tiate states  of  Life,  material  and  Cos- 
mic; and  innumerable  deductions  may 
be  drawn  from  the  symbolism  of  the 
furniture  of  the  Tabernacle,  etc.,  and 
from  the  Cosmical  philosophy  of  Life 
that  determined  the  construction  of 
King  Solomon's  Temple,  (an  allegory.) 
As  above,  so  below. 

The  first  order  of  Life  is  the  physical 
universe,  or  alienation  in  time,  symbol- 
ized by  the  first  or  Entered  Apprentice 
degree.  All  symbols  have  more  than  one 
meaning,  but  necessarily  refer  indirect- 
ly to  the  great  dual  forces  of  existence, 
united  or  separated  under  the  Law  of 
Generation  and  re-birth,  and  the  return 
of  Jakin  and  Bohaz  again  to  Unity  and 
Equilibrium.  This  also  was  the  basic 
foundation  of  all  Cults  and  philosophies 
of  ancient  religions ;  the  Seven  Churches 
of  Asia  originally  having  a  code  of  three 
progressive  degrees. 

It  is  impossible  to  do  more  than  touch 
the  fringe  edge  of  this  vast  and  recon- 
dite net-work  of  symbolism,  in  any  small 

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volume,  but  as  the  demands  of  the  School 
increase  in  woman's  expansion  of  con- 
sciousness, a  larger  and  more  explicit 
work  can  reasonably  be  expected. 

While  Masonry  is  a  grand  system  of 
scientific  lore,  and  a  religion  of  lofty 
understanding,  its  essence  is  its  univer- 
sality, and  it  embraces  no  distinct  creed 
or  sect. 

The  first  requirement  of  the  Entered 
Apprentice,  is  a  belief  in  that  existing 
power  called  God,  as  the  Great  Architect 
of  the  Universe. 

Passing  through  the  columns  of  Jakin 
and  Bohaz,  he  enters  the  Lodge, — i.  e., 
material  universe, — by  a  torture,  being 
told  to  take  heed  upon  what  he  enters, 
signifying  to  be  watchful  and  attentive 
to  your  trials  and  experiences  in  Life, — 
learn  the  Law, 

He  is  told  of  three  precious  jewels, 
which  are  a  Listening  Ear,  a  Silent 
Tongue,  and  a  Faithful  Heart.  In 
ancient  Masonry,  it  reads,  an  Instruc- 
tive Tongue,  which  does  not  refer  to 
the    ''Heart    that    conceals    and    the 

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Tongue  that  never  reveals/'  The 
change  was  made  when  the  Jesuits  and 
Masons  were  a  united  body,  (and  at  the 
present  time,  all  Jesuits  and  Jesuitic 
principles  are  not  confined  to  Rome) . 

The  first  degree  candidate,  is  told  to 
search  himself  for  that  which  it  is 
known  he  does  not  possess,  i.  e.,  the 
strength  of  knowledge, — he  is  not 
clothed.  Search  yourself,  brother,  is 
equivalent  to  the  dis-membered  Delphic 
Oracle,  Know  thyself. 

The  number  three  is  conspicuous  in 
this  degree,  confronting  the  candidate 
before  he  enters,  and  by  it,  he  gains  ad- 
mission; it  is  the  triune  Key  that  un- 
locks the  Universe.  There  are  three 
Blue  degrees,  three  Grand  Masters, 
three  altar  lights,  three  principle  offi- 
cers, three  Gates  of  the  Temple,  three 
assasins,  and  Hiram  was  slaim  by  three 
blows. 

These  have  a  profound  meaning,  and 
Body,  Soul  and  Spirit,  are  worthy  of 
contemplation. 

The  candidate  takes   a   most  blood 

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curdling  oath  to  never  reveal  the  secrets 
of  Masonry,  which  he  does  not  know  and 
has  no  brilliant  prospect  of  ever  know- 
ing, for  in  their  entirety  they  are  lost  to 
the  Order.  His  attention  is  called  to 
the  floor  of  the  Lodge,  covered  with 
black  and  white  squares  representing 
good  and  evil,  and  he  is  told  the 
brethren  walk  thereon  without  stum- 
bling, but  there  is  nothing  said  about  the 
faltering,  blundering,  multitudes  out- 
side, wrecking  their  lives  through  igno- 
rance of  Divine  Law. 

After  the  ceremony  of  removing  the 
bandage  from  the  eyes,  the  Master  says : 
^^Brother,  you  first  discover  three  great 
lights  in  Masonry  by  the  assistance  of 
three  lesser  ones;  the  three  greater 
lights  are  the  Bible,  on  which  is  placed 
the  Compass  and  the  Square.  Three 
burning  tapers  in  a  triangular  group 
represent  the  Sun,  Moon  and  Master  of 
the  Lodge.''  But  he  is  not  told  that  the 
Bible  pre-eminently  represents  the  Law 
nothing  more,  and  the  Compass  and 
Square,  without  the  letter  ^^G^'  symbol- 

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izes  Man  and  Woman  regenerate,  hav- 
ing transcended  the  law  of  the  material 
plane,  and  the  three  lesser  lights,  are 
also  Man  and  Woman,  properly  guided 
by  the  Master,  (Mercury  or  Wisdom) 
being  able  to  see  their  way  to  regener- 
ation or  the  three  greater  lights. 


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THE  FELLOW-CRAFT  DEGREE 

THE  word  ^^fellow^'  means  an  asso- 
ciate, an  equal.  "Craft^'  a  draw- 
ing together,  secret  power. 

In  Ancient  Masonry,  this  degree  sig- 
nifies physical  and  terrestial  paradise 
universe,  and  combined  with  the  Mark 
Master,  in  its  originality,  it  teaches  that 
here  is  gained  the  gift  of  Eternal  Life, 
as  a  mark  of  approval  of  a  man's  life. 
The  evidence  that  his  work  has  been  ac- 
cepted. Strike,  Brother,  and  make  your 
mark!  has  a  far-reaching  significance. 

The  candidate  is  here  to  establish  a 
belief  in  a  resurrection  to  a  future  life, 
and  the  trend  of  the  symbology  evi- 
dences the  great  dual  Law  sustaining 
life  on  the  material  plane,  and  establish- 
ing it  as  progressive. 

This  degree,  pre-eminently  teaches  the 
vast  necessity  of  knowledge,  which  alone 
constitutes  Mastery.  It  is  here  in  the 
Middle  Chamber,  where  the  candidate 
has  been  admitted  for  the  sake  of  the  let- 
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ter  ''G"  or  (Generation),  that  he  is  ex- 
pected to  learn  the  value  of  the  knowl- 
edge and  a  requisite  understanding  of 
the  mighty  Dual  Law  of  Life,  which  is 
SO  necessary  to  woman  and  man,  (as  the 
Elohim  of  this  plane),  that  they  may 
preserve  and  sustain  the  integrity  and 
progressive  evolution  of  their  Race  on 
its  way  to  the  acquirement  of  Eternal 
Divine  Reason. 

This  priceless  lore  has  been  lost  and 
destroyed  by  the  Giant  Evil  of  Selfish- 
ness, and  thus  we  mentally  behold  to- 
day our  Planet  plunged  in  destructive 
degeneracy,  crime  and  chaos. 

It  is  the  duty  of  men  and  women  to 
ask.  Why?  and  seek  the  fountain  source 
of  this  gigantic  wrong.  It  is  not  told  to 
humanity,  from  the  Pulpit  or  by  the 
Press. 

Americans  greatest  Masonic  Adept, 
has  written,  that  knowledge  is  the  most 
genuine  of  all  human  treasures;  it  is 
the  light  dispelling  the  darkness  of  igno- 
rance, and  upon  its  acquisition  depends 
the  growth  of  soul,  which  at  the  birth  of 

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man,  exists  only  in  potency.  But  he  re- 
fers to  a  definite  kind  of  knowledge ;  it 
is  not  acquired  in  colleges,  and  is  con- 
cealed from  humanity  in  general.  It 
does  not  come  knocking  at  our  door,  we 
must  seek  it  where  it  is  to  be  found ;  we 
must  know  facts,  concealed  and  re- 
vealed, and  must  ever  base  our  judg- 
ment upon  motive. 

We  must  aspire,  reflect,  and  compre- 
hend; ever  evolving  toward  that  sover- 
eign power,  of  which  we  are  but  a  living 
reflection. 

The  great  dumb  masses  of  the  people, 
are  blinded  by  superstition,  defenseless 
through  ignorance,  bound  by  chains  of 
despotism,  toiling  to  pay  tribute  to  the 
Soul,  in  bondage  to  church  heirarchies, 
who  exterminate  heretics,  in  the  name 
of  a  God  of  Mercy,  and  a  loving  Re- 
deemer. 

Poor  and  humiliated,  yet  ever  longing 
for  the  light  of  understanding ;  and  this 
condition  is  symbolized  by  the  candidate 
in  the  Lodge,  unclothed,  blind-folded, 
penniless,  destitute,  and  shackled  by  the 
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A  powerful  Organization,  under- 
stands this  fact,  but  their  most  stren- 
uous effort  is  directed  toward  a  per- 
petual continuance  of  this  deplorable 
state  for  humanity,  regardless  of  the  re- 
sults. 

False  religions  and  suppression,  has 
forced  Woman  to  wander  far  from  the 
path  of  wisdom  and  understanding,  in 
this  great  school  of  experience,  called 
Life. 

Thus,  her  summary  in  harvest,  has 
ever  been  ignorance,  pain,  and  sorrow, 
having  no  aspiration  to  investigate  for 
herself,  accepting  what  ever  is  told  her, 
under  the  Man  Rule,  and  should  a  faint 
gleam  of  light  penetrate  her  benighted 
soul,  she  immediately  calls  it  New 
Thought,  not  realizing  that  all  thought 
of  importance  is  as  old  as  the  world,  and 
free  to  acquire,  never  doled  out  at  five 
dollars  a  lesson  ''per  capita,''  and  Truth 
alone,  means  Liberty,  in  expansion  of 
consciousness.  All  falsity  and  perfidy, 
is  eventually,  enslavement,  degradation, 
and  destruction. 

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It  is  the  privilege  and  duty  of  Woman 
to  learn  Why  the  mysteries  of  Secret 
Fraternities  are  so  carefully  concealed 
from  her,  also  to  know  that  Polygamy 
(one  of  the  darkest  pages  of  American 
history)  and  its  influential  Mormon 
Church  was  established  by  Masons  of 
High  Degree  and  retained  in  good 
standing. 

The  Fellow-Craft  Degree,  is  pre-emi- 
nent in  duality,  and  Woman  is  here  sym- 
bolized in  ways  of  ingenuity  and  cun- 
ning, her  name  being  always  ignored; 
only  brethren  are  mentioned,  misleading 
the  candidate. 

The  knocks,  the  grips,  the  cable-tow, 
the  circuit  of  the  Lodge,  the  synthesis  of 
numbers,  etc.,  all  refer  to  the  dual 
forces,  and  the  multitudes  failed  to  pass 
over  Jordan  (the  celestial  stream)  by 
not  understanding  the  androgynous  ear 
of  corn,  and  leaving  the  divine,  feminine 
first  letter  ^'H''  out  of  the  pass- word; 
also  the  candidate  fails  to  observe  the 
golden  door  of  the  Tabernacle,  and  the 
virtue  of  the  hidden  manna. 

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In  the  Middle  Chamber,  where  he  is  to 
make  his  mark  of  approval  for  divine 
Life,  he  is  advised  to  ^'study  the  Book  of 
Nature,  brother,  it  bears  the  stamp  of 
Deity,''  (not  the  Bible) ;  and  the  condi- 
tions of  the  outside  world  today,  should 
suggest  to  him  to  'Wejlect  brother^'  upon 
what  all  this  mis-leading  falsity  and  be- 
littling the  ability,  power,  and  influence 
of  Woman,  has  done  for  the  Race  of 
which  you  are  supposed  to  be  a  sustain- 
ing unit, 

Bohaz,  equally  with  Jakin,  those 
superb  brazen  pillars  cast  between  Suc- 
coth  and  Zaradatha,  sustains  the  Tem- 
ple. No  civilization  can  ever  be  perma- 
nent without  these  united  forces  in  equi- 
librium, and  in  very  ancient  Masonry 
the  candidate  was  told  to  work  well  his 
allotted  time,  and  if  his  Master  (i.  e., 
higher  self)  approved  of  the  work,  he 
could  take  his  tools  to  the  column  of 
Bohaz,  and  receive  his  wages  (i.  e..  Im- 
mortality) . 

The  progressive  idea  of  the  instruc- 
tion of  the  degrees,  following.    But  this 

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was  in  the  time  of  Masonry,  when  it 
meant  something  lofty  in  Truth  and 
Spirituality.  It  is  today  a  dead  and 
voiceless  shell,  tossed  up  on  the  strand 
of  time,  a  soulless,  selfish,  commercial 
and  political  power,  a  menace  to  the 
Spiritual  enlightenment  of  the  Race; 
and  the  only  possible  redemption  and 
restoration  of  its  profound  philosophic 
and  scientific  religion ;  and  its  magnifi- 
cent conception  of  Truth  in  symbolism, 
is  through  the  enlightenment  of  woman; 
a  further  admonition  is  ^^Seek,  Brother, 
to  knoiv  for  yourself,  the  motive  of  those 
by  whom  you  have  been  misled  for  cen- 
turies/' 


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LESSON  THIRD 

IN  approaching  the  sublime  Master's 
Degree,  where  we  encounter  the  im- 
portant allegorical  tragedy,  it  must 
be  understood  at  the  beginning  that  this 
is  but  a  legend,  bearing  a  two-fold  mean- 
ing. 

The  student  will  here  recognize  in 
Hiram,  or  Khurom,  the  Osiris  of  Egyp- 
tians; Mithras,  of  the  Persians;  Bac- 
chus, of  the  Greeks;  and  the  Christ  of 
Hebrew  mythology. 

Analyzing  these  names,  you  will  dis- 
cover the  two-fold  meaning  of  Fire  and 
Light. 

The  ancient  world  idea,  which  refers 
to  that  mighty  Royal  Secret  mentioned 
upon  page  101,  of  that  monumental 
work  ^'Morals  and  Dogma,''  and  is  thus 
formulated  by  Adepts,  Free-Masons 
and  Catholics — I, — N — R — I,  is  the 
word,  which  indicates  the  unity  of  your 
origin. 

Igne  Natura  Renovatur  Integra,  and 

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lesus,  Nazarens  Rex  Indeorium,  are  the 
opposite  poles  of  the  same  doctrine. 

Yod-He-Vau-He,  is  the  word  of  the 
Kabalists  pointing  to  their  unity  of 
origin. 

But  Free-Masonry  and  the  V/estern 
Religions,  have  lost  the  synthetic  Law, 
and  with  it  the  knowledge  of  those  Keys, 
which  can  open  the  tomb  of  Hiram. 

This  third  degree  of  the  Blue  Lodge 
was  dismembered  of  its  most  important 
instruction  about  1750;  however,  the 
symbology  gives  us  a  clue  to  that  which 
was  taken  away.  After  a  few  minor 
preliminaries  of  some  significance  the 
candidate  is  admitted  on  the  pass- word, 
Tubal-Cain,  and  the  two  points  of  the 
compass,  pressing  the  naked  breasts. 

Tubal  Cain,  is  a  most  important  word 
of  extended  symbology,  and  the  two 
points  of  the  compass  may  remind 
one  that  over  the  complete  Journey  of 
Life,  we  are  ever  pressed  by  obstacles, 
wounded  by  sorrows,  and  tortured  by 
experiences,  under  a  dominating  envi- 
ronment of  law,  merciless  and  compas- 

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sionless,  and  becoming  a  crushing  bur- 
den of  responsibility,  unless  we  attain  to 
a  proper  understanding  of  obedience 
and  co-operation  in  expansion  of  con- 
sciousness, forced  by  the  keen  cutting 
lessons  of  tribulation. 

There  are  also  other  meanings  to  this 
symbology. 

After  a  significant  period  of  travel, 
the  candidate  is  prepared  for  an  un- 
necessary oath,  which  no  civilized  man 
would  countenance,  if  he  knew  to  what 
he  was  being  subjected ;  and  it  is  repu- 
diated by  all,  but  moral  cowards.  It  is 
worthy  of  investigation  by  women.  The 
Brethren  fear  each  other  they  are  any- 
thing but  Free-Masons. 

To  swear  to  not  violate  the  wife, 
daughter,  mother  or  sister  (and  in  an- 
cient Masonry  the  concubine)  of  a  Mas- 
ter Mason  knowing  them  to  be  such, 
classes  all  others  not  so  fortunately  re- 
lated, as  legitimate  prey.  Thus,  we 
have  white  slavery.  One  London  syn- 
dicate realizing  forty-seven  thousand 
pounds  in  one  year  in  this  infamous 

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THE  COMPASS  AND  SQUARE 

traffic.  Secret  Fraternities  and  church 
hierarchies  are  oftimes  more  powerful 
than  Law. 

As  in  all  the  degrees,  the  Master  pre- 
sents that  most  important  symbol,  called 
the  apron,  (triangle  and  cube)  made  of 
plain  white,  lamb-skin — of  any  other 
material,  it  loses  its  value  as  a  symbol. 

The  Senior  Warden,  in  all  the  degrees, 
teaches  the  traveler  how  to  wear  it. 

Those  two  officers  represent  spirit  and 
soul.  Spirituality  aids  us  to  obtain  the 
higher  knowledge,  and  the  Soul  Wisdom, 
gives  us  the  understanding  of  how  to  use 
it. 

The  portion  of  this  degree  connected 
with  the  legend  of  the  Tyrian  artist,  is 
profoundly  interesting,  and  worthy  of 
the  earnest  attention  in  study,  of  all 
thoughtful  women  and  men. 

Instruction  in  Masonry  is  always  by 
symbols,  and  in  the  Thirty-third  Degree 
Lectures  upon  symbolism,  Albert  Pike 
tells  us  that  in  symbology.  Masonry  sur- 
passes all  other  mystic  fraternities. 

The  lectures  of  the  Order,  are  but 

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hints  toward  their  interpretation  and 
each  student  must  interpret  and  develop 
the  symbols  for  themselves. 

However,  the  great  Book  of  Nature, 
has  her  pages  open  before  us,  therein  to 
find  the  Laws,  Commandments  and 
Keys,  to  the  Holy  Mysteries. 

Nature  is  our  greatest  teacher,  for  it 
is  the  revelation  of  that  majestic  power 
called  God. 

Whatever  is  brought  before  the  aspir- 
ant in  the  work  of  the  degrees  has  a  sig- 
nificant meaning,  but  the  marvelous 
problems  of  .Truth  contained  in  this 
Third  Degree,  can  not  even  be  inti- 
mated in  a  brief  composition.  However, 
its  whole  scope  is  to  teach  the  resurrec- 
tion from  the  dead,  as  the  last  degree, 
taught  a  belief  in  a  future  life. 

But,  no  more,  does  it  now  teach,  that 
to  the  wise  the  Way  of  Life  is  from 
above;  that  they  may  depart  from  the 
Hell  beneath  this,  has  been  lost. 

This  degree,  also  points  out  the  cause 
of  failure  in  life,  by  the  fable  of  Hiram, 
and  proves  that  there  can  be  no  resur- 

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rection  from  failure,  only  by  the  andro- 
gynous grip  pf  the  perfect  10,  also  the 
Five  points  of  Fellowship,  are  the  great 
dual  forces  in  equilibrium,  resurrected 
to  a  new  life ;  again  the  perfect  number 
10;  and  10  plus  10  equal  20,  or  two, 
duality  of  law. 

There  are  three  gates  in  Masonic  sym- 
bology;  the  south  gate,  which  signifies 
the  point  of  greatest  spiritual  instabil- 
ity ;  the  west,  the  point  of  greatest  alien- 
ation from  the  Universal  God  Power; 
and  the  east,  that  quarter  where  the 
Spiritual  Life  of  Mankind  is  moving  to- 
ward God. 

Thus,  the  travelers'  course  is  from 
west  to  east,  in  search  of  light.  The 
three  important  officers,  represent 
Spirit,  Soul  and  Body,  and  are  stationed 
as  follows.  Junior  Warden  at  the  south. 
Senior  Warden  at  the  west,  and  the 
Worshipful  Master,  at  the  gate  of  the 
East.  They  assume  the  names  of  the 
three  assassins,  as  follows:  Jubela, 
south;  Jubela,  or  '^o''  west,  and  Jube- 
lum,  east. 

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These  supposed  ruffians,  represent 
falsehood,  superstition  and  ignorance. 
The  last  letters  of  their  respective  names 
disclosing  the  sacred  monosyllable, 
A-U-M. 

A,  signifies  Agni  or  Fire ;  U,  is  Ushas, 
or  dawn,  and  M.  is  Mitra,  the  Sun,  or 
the  full  glory  of  the  recreated  state.  A, 
is  masculine,  U,  is  feminine,  and  M.  an- 
drogynous. 

Jubel,  or  Guibul,  is  a  Hebrew  word, 
meaning  out-flowing,  or  emnating 
from  the  Deity,  also  limited.  Thus  the 
Widow's  Son,  or  fallen  conscious  Life  to 
be  assassinated,  is  the  God  within,  or 
that  potency,  that  limited  divine  princi- 
ple, which  must,  by  growth  in  expansion 
of  consciousness  to  perfect  understand- 
ing, restore  us  again  to  Unity,  or  the 
Source  of  our  Being. 

The  candidate  meets  Jubela  at  the 
south  gate,  and  is  struck  a  blow  across 
the  throat,  or  organs  of  speech,  with  a 
twenty-four  inch  gauge,  numerically,  2 
signifies  the  multitude,  and  4,  this  natu- 
ral plane  of  Life. 

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Thus  we  read :  the  multitudes  on  this 
plane  of  existence,  are  severely  injured 
by  false  speech  in  regard  to  the  A,  or 
Fire  understanding. 

False  religions  are  the  responsible 
factors. 

The  aspirant  moves  on  to  the  western 
gate,  and  is  there  accosted  (as  at  the 
south  gate)  by  Jubelu,  demanding  of 
him  something  he  does  not  possess, 
whereupon  he  is  struck  a  severe  blow 
across  the  chest,  or  seat  of  emotion,  with 
the  square,  which  represents  dual  force 
in  the  matter. 

The  assassin,  represents  the  letter  U, 
the  feminine  Soul  Element  drugged  into 
bigotry  and  imbecility  by  orthodox  su- 
perstition, principally  since  the  time  of 
the  criminal  Constantine,  when  the  emo- 
tions of  humanity  have  been  so  swayed 
by  allegory  and  fable. 

The  traveler  seeks  the  eastern  gate, 
and  after  a  demand,  is  seized,  roughly 
handled,  and  struck  a  violent  blow  on 
the  forehead,  or  abode  of  mind,  with  the 
gavel  (or  ruling  force)  by  the  ruffian 

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Jubulum,  which  is  fatal,  felling  him  to 
the  floor.  This  assassin  is  ignorance. 
Thus  the  force,  of  ignorance  of  that  im- 
portant Law,  represented  by  the  andro- 
gynous letter  M,  is  death,  or  unconscious 
life. 

Knowledge  of  Law,  and  Wisdom  in  its 
utility,  only,  can  lead  the  aspiring  candi- 
date to  self-conscious  Life  in  other 
worlds. 

The  assassins  now  carry  the  candi- 
date out  at  the  eastern  gate  or  to  God, 
and  he  is  covered  with  rubbish,  which 
implies  that  he  has  gone  out  of  this  Life, 
in  such  dense  ignorance,  that  he  will  be 
soon  cast  off  by  the  rythmic  law,  of  the 
ever-moving  Life  wave  (i.  e.,  rubbish, 
that  which  is  cast  off),  and  accordingly 
at  Low  Twelve,  or  the  benighted  state 
in  which  he  passed  away,  the  assas- 
sins return  him  to  the  westerly  gate, 
where  ancient  Masonry  tells  us  they 
placed  him  in  a  tomb,  six  feet  perpen- 
dicular; in  other  words,  he  returned  to 
a  human  body,  to  be  one  of  the  multi- 
tude in  incarnation,  repeating  the  jour- 

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ney  of  life  lashed  to  the  ^^Wheel  of  the 
Law/' 

A  knowledge  of  the  real,  must  be 
gained  on  this  plane  of  existence,  and  so 
long  as  we  slumber  in  ignorance,  must 
we  live  in  a  repeated  experience  of  mis- 
takes, despair,  misery,  and  sorrow ;  ever 
struggling,  longing,  and  hoping,  but  un- 
redeemed. 

This  boundless  field  of  symbolism,  il- 
lustrating the  SouFs  journey  to  immor- 
tality, where  it  goes  no  more  out  from 
the  Heaven  World,  has  no  superior  rep- 
resentation of  Truth  and  Law,  in  all 
the  Occult  Fraternities  of  the  world,  and 
it  forcibly  impresses  the  fact  that  each 
individual  soul  launched  upon  the  turbu- 
lent sea  of  material  existence,  is  definite- 
ly responsible  for  its  own  search  and 
attainment  of  Light. 

It  is  but  a  moral  coward  that  seeks  for 
a  World  Redeemer,  upon  whom  to  cast 
his  sins  and  burdens.  Humanity  can 
only  be  its  own  Redeemer,  seeking  con- 
stantly for  more  light  and  better  condi- 
tions than  those  of  the  past,  where  the 

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multiudes  have  been  perpetually  swayed 
into  incompetency,  by  blind  emotional- 
ism, silly,  effeminate  adoration,  and  dis- 
mal selfish  animal  greed  and  avarice, 
soulless  and  merciless ;  yet,  who  can  aid 
humanity,  but  mankind  en  masse,  united 
in  bonds  of  sympathy  and  love  the  foun- 
dation of  Brotherhood. 

Few  Masons  advance  farther  than 
this  Master  Mason's  Degree,  conse- 
quently they  fail  to  obtain  the  pass- 
word that  was  lost  by  the  tragical  death 
of  the  Tyrian  artist. 

Candidates  are  told  that  the  ^^Lost 
Word''  could  only  be  given  in  Jerusalem 
(place  of  peace)  in  the  presence  of  the 
Three  Grand  Masters. 

Referring  back  to  the  Ancient  Mys- 
teries, we  read  that  the  Three  Grand 
Masters,  brought  with  them  each  a  small 
gauge,  or  stick;  one  three  inches  long, 
the  others  respectively  four  and  five 
inches  in  length.  These  they  placed  to- 
gether in  such  a  way  as  to  form  the  For- 
ty-seventh Problem. 

Thus,  we  learn  the  ''Lost  Word",  and 

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one  of  the  Grand  Masters,  was  necessa- 
rily a  woman,  for  only  Isis  and  Osiris, 
can  form  the  hypothenuse  or  the  House 
of  Horus,  and  one  of  the  Grand  Masters 
has  been  assassinated.  The  ^Vord^'  is 
lost,  and  only  a  faint  resemblance  of  the 
letter  G  is  found  upon  the  left  breast, 
over  the  heart.    Read,  and  reflect! 

Oh,  Lord,  my  God,  is  there  no  help  for 
the  widow's  son !    Profound  symbology ! 


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IN  the  Scottish  Rite,  the  Royal  Arch, 
is  the  thirteenth  degree.  (The  Scot- 
tish Rite,  came  from  Paris  originally, 
with  twenty-five  degrees.  Eight  more 
were  added  later,  in  Charleston,  South 
Carolina,  the  Home  of  the  Masonic 
See)  ,  but  the  Royal  Arch  Degree  in  the 
Ancient  Order,  is  properly  the  fourth 
and  last  of  Masonry. 

It  is  indescribably  august  and  sub- 
lime, the  summit  and  perfection  of  the 
Ancient  Order.  It  impresses  the  belief 
in  a  Supreme  Deity,  and  reminds  us  to 
be  reverential,  commanding  a  vista  be- 
yond the  tomb. 

The  preliminary  symbol  is  the  six- 
pointed  star,  in  which  are  clasped  hands, 
(one  feminine). 

The  names  of  the  principal  officers  are 
changed  to  High  Priest,  King  and 
Scribe.  The  robe  of  the  High  Priest  in 
the  east,  is  blue,  and  signifies  Law.  The 
robe  of  the  King,  at  the  west,  is  purple, 

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a  manifestation  of  obedience  under  the 
Law,  and  the  Scribe  at  the  south,  in  deep 
scarlet,  indicates  the  suffering  from 
chaotic  instability,  the  opposite  pole  of 
equilibrium. 

As  in  the  preceding  degrees,  all  the 
work  and  symbology  of  this  most  in- 
structive degree  is  vastly  important. 
The  burning  bush  of  Moses,  the  with- 
drawing of  the  veils,  and  the  effulgent 
glory  of  the  magnificent  Arch,  adorned 
in  colors  of  brilliant  hue,  behind  the  last 
veil,  cannot  be  described  in  words. 

It  is  a  small  representation  of  Na- 
ture's beautiful  rainbow,  the  most  per- 
fect arch,  resting  on  earth,  and  rising  to 
the  Heavens.  Here  again,  is  to  be 
found  a  law  of  correspondence,  in  that, 
all  the  redeemed  are  to  find  in  eternity, 
their  place  in  that  perfect  arch,  for  the 
support  of  Life,  which,  though  based  on 
earth,  yet  rises  to  the  heaven  world ;  and 
in  this  ultimate  state,  each  soul  will  give 
its  own  clear  and  perfect  analysis  of  the 
White  Light,  of  the  God  power  that  falls 
upon  it. 

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This  arch  is  significantly  placed,  over 
the  Temple,  with  the  Keystone  missing. 
The  candidate  is  placed  in  the  opening 
where  the  Keystone  belongs;  his  feet 
resting  on  the  roof  of  the  Temple  be- 
neath. The  position  of  his  arms,  form- 
ing a  horse-shoe  arch. 

The  descending  within  the  Temple 
and  its  mysterious  lighting,  is  so  plain 
in  symbology,  that  it  needs  no  explana- 
tion. 

The  with-drawing  of  the  First  Veil, 
reveals  all  the  implements  of  the  first 
degree,  most  brilliantly  illuminated, 
with  Entered  Apprentices  at  their  labor, 
etc.;  and  a  voice  says:  ^^Son  of  Man, 
mark  well  the  entering  in  of  the  gateT 

This  means,  appreciate  your  oppor- 
tunity and  preserve  in  memory  your 
past  experiences. 

For  to  pass  beyond  the  portal  of 
death,  without  knoivledge  and  memory 
means  to  live  in  a  state  of  being  only. 

The  raising  of  the  Second  Veil  dis- 
closes all  the  paraphernalia  pertaining 
to  the  second  and  third  degrees  under  an 

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illumination  of  most  brilliant  and  varie- 
gated coloring ;  and  through  a  long  per- 
spective view  of  the  Middle  Chamber,  is 
seen  the  Holy  of  Holies  and  Hiram  lying 
prostrate  on  the  floor,  surrounded  by 
weeping  brethren.  By  his  side  is  a  cof- 
fin on  which  are  the  initial  letters :  H, 
T,  W,  S,  S,  T,  K,  S. 

This  symbology  is  plain.  After  lift- 
ing the  veils  of  matter  in  passing  over 
to  other  planes  of  consciousness,  the  first 
visions  of  the  new  experience,  is  the  re- 
flection upon  the  various  lessons  of  the 
past. 

All  vibration  is  intensified  and  the 
play  of  light  in  various  colors,  is  radiant 
and  dazzling,  and  by  imitating  the  vir- 
tues of  Hiram,  we  are  able  to  soar  to 
kindred  spirits,  like  ''He  that  was  slain,'' 
becoming  by  virtue  and  integrity,  a 
force  in  spiritual  progress  in  that  great 
living  Temple  beyond  the  Veils  of  ob- 
scurity. 

Again  we  see  behind  the  last  Veil,  a 
human  being  suspended  in  the  opening 
of  the  Arch  previously  occupied  by  the 

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candidate  and  surrounded  by  brillian- 
cies too  vivid  for  mortal  eye  to  dwell 
upon.  By  mechanical  art  the  man  is 
seen  to  gradually  ascend  and  a  Key- 
stone fitting  firmly  in  his  place,  has  in- 
scribed upon  it,  the  letters  H,  T,  W,  S,  S, 
T,  K,  S.,  arranged  in  circular  form  with 
the  letter  ''H''  at  the  top ;  and  the  circle 
is  important  as  a  symbol. 

This  reads:  Hiram  Tyre  Widow's 
Son  Soars  To  King  Solomon ;  a  progres- 
sive soaring  beyond  kindred  spirits, 
which  students  must  study  and  inter- 
pret for  themselves. 

Observe  that  only  Man  ascends.  Pre- 
sumably Woman  is  supposed  to  follow 
her  alloted  occupation  here,  which  is 
principally  descending.  Not  by  the  Di- 
vine Law,  but  by  the  pressure  of  impact 
and  injustice  in  a  man-ruled  world. 

The  ^^lost  word"  is  said  to  be  restored 
in  this  degree,  and  by  careful  investiga- 
tion, a  suggestion  of  it  may  be  discov- 
ered. 

The  story  of  Adam  and  Eve  is  quite 
as  disreputable  as  the  Bible  Fable  of 

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those  mythical  characters  (Man  is  re- 
sponsible for  the  world  conditions,  not 
Eve),  but  the  loss  of  the  trowel  is  im- 
portant 

The  Hebrew  characters  on  the  Scroll, 
read,  *^Lord  everlasting,  everlasting 
Lord/'  The  same,  forward  or  reversed ; 
and  this  Scroll  was  always  intrusted  to 
Hiram  Abiflf  who  carefully  concealed  it ; 
and  the  manner  of  its  discovery  is  im- 
portant. 

A  diligent  and  faithful  study  of  the 
symbology  of  the  necessary  degrees  of 
Masonry,  will  develop  force  in  thought 
and  intuition,  and  reveal  more  Truth 
than  has  ever  been  given  from  all  the 
pulpits  of  the  world,  since  the  time  of 
the  criminal  Constantine;  and  women 
devoted  to  Orthodoxy  and  its  hier- 
archies, should  know  that  ninety  per 
cent  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  clergy  are  Ma- 
sons; some  informed  and  some  not,  but 
all  bigoted  and  self-important,  and,  in 
England,  drunken  and  licentious,  a 
most  formidable  foe  to  the  emancipa- 
tion of  women.     Also,  there  is  direct 

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proof  that  at  one  time  the  Masons 
and  Jesuits  were  united,  and  in  the  time 
of  Pope  Alexander  the  sixth,  Free-Ma- 
sonry was  under  the  direct  favor  and 
patronage  of  the  Roman  Church.  (The 
history  of  this  infamous  Pope,  might  be 
instructive  to  women). 

In  a  letter  dated  in  Rome,  September 
the  sixteenth,  1502,  by  the  ruling  Alex- 
ander, and  also  in  one  dated  January 
1517  by  Pope  Leo,  the  tenth,  both 
granted  bulls  to  the  traveling  Masons, 
investing  them  with  certain  privileges 
and  immunities. 

Not  all  the  Jesuits  and  Jesuitic  prin- 
ciples of  the  present  time  are  found  con- 
nected with  the  Church.  ''The  Pot  calls 
the  Kettle  blackJ' 

All  mystic  fraternities  are  controlled 
by  men  standing  guard  over  usurped 
knowledge,  (stolen  goods)  to  which 
woman  is  denied  access,  (and  the  mo- 
live  of  thus  standing  guard,  should  con- 
cern woman)  f  but  she  can  develop 
strength  of  character,  and  cease  to  sup- 
port man-made  Bibles,  and  religions, 

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ridiculous  and  ignorant  in  conception. 
She  can  study  the  Book  of  Nature  in  all 
its  Divine  revelations,  and  she  can  un- 
derstand that  the  symbology  of  the  Ma- 
sonic apron,  and  the  Swastika,  will  give 
her  a  higher  and  more  noble  message  of 
Truth  than  all  the  pulpit  orators  of  two 
thousand  centuries. 

Woman  contributes  a  salary  for  her 
own  enslavement,  and  has  seriously  re- 
tarded her  own  evolution,  by  always  ac- 
cepting what  has  been  told  her  by  man 
as  ultimate.  It  would  add  to  her  edu- 
cation to  investigate  for  herself,  and 
seek  to  know  the  character  of  somxe  of 
the  much-admried  and  appreciated,  so- 
called  men  of  God,  (some  of  the  feiv), 
as  Constantine,  Henry  the  Eighth,  John 
Wesley,  John  Calvin,  and  others  whom 
she  has  covered  with  glory  and  admira- 
tion as  founders  of  religious  cults,  (but 
whom  are  now  somewhat  displaced  by 
the  Shriners,  Nobles  (?)  of  Islam,  a 
barbarous  and  polygamous  cult.' 

John  Calvin,  the  renegade  Roman 
Catholic  and  his  fanatical  religion  mur- 

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dered  the  philosopher,  Severitus,  and 
burned  his  valuable  writings.  One  of 
his  books  that  escaped  the  flames  can  be 
seen  in  the  Bibliotheque  Nationale  in 
Paris,  one  page  of  which  contains  more 
of  Truth  and  value  to  the  Races  of  man- 
kind, than  all  of  the  innumerable  falla- 
cies of  John  Calvin. 

But  woman  slumbers  in  egotistic 
pride  of  Christian  fortitude,  and  is 
puffed  up  over  patient  resignation,  pre- 
ferring chronic  invalidism  and  being  fed 
with  a  spoon,  to  energetic  thinking  for 
herself. 

Our  school  for  Women  is  no  place  for 
the  religious  fanatic,  or  the  idle,  heart- 
less, selfish  woman  of  gossip,  criticism, 
fashion  and  folly,  who  cheerfully  prosti- 
tutes her  highest  principles  for  luxu- 
rious alimony. 

But  we  depend  upon  the  woman  who 
understands  the  Law  of  Unity,  and  has 
advanced  beyond  the  decadent  influence 
of  snobbery,  conventionalism,  and  weak 
ideas  of  so-called  class  distinction;  in 
other  words,  the  progressive  Twentieth 

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Century  woman  of  brain  and  honor,  to 
seek  the  Truth  that  will  make  her  free, 
and  then  to  permanently  sustain  that 
glorious  name  of  Liberty  in  giving  her 
moral  strength  and  support  to  a  per- 
petual Center  of  learning  for  woman, 
that  she  may  save  her  last  and  best  hope 
of  Earth,  an  Enlightened  Mind, 

Study  the  Book  of  Nature  for  your- 
self, Sister,  it  bears  the  stamp  of  Deity, 
and  continue  your  own  journey  in 
search  of  light 

Could  I  but  tell  thee,  wouldst  thou  know 
That  God  is  just  and  good  and  right. 
Did  God  himself  but  tell  thee  so,  thou 

wouldst  not  know 
Thyself,  must  grow  up  out  of  darkness 

into  light. 

33° 


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SUGGESTIVE  OF  THE  LOST  WORD 

IN  order  to  become  the  knower  of  the 
Universal  One  Self,  thou  hast  first 
0  f  Self  to  be  the  knower,  help  nature 
and  work  on  with  her,  then  she  will 
make  obeisance,  regarding  thee  as  one 
of  her  creators. 

The  portals  of  her  secret  chambers 
will  open  wide,  and  lay  bare  before  thy 
gaze  the  sacred  treasures  of  her  bosom, 
which  are  revealed  only  to  the  eye  of 
Spirit;  that  Eye  which  never  closes. 

Learn  the  Law  that  leads  to  Light  and 
Life. 

Teach  us,  0  God,  to  pray ! 
A-U-M. 


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AT  1511  Reid  Street,  Los  Angeles, 
California,  is  located  the  Head- 
quarters of  the  Woman's  Order  of 
Esoteric  Masonry,  the  only  Incorpor- 
ated School  of  Occultism  in  existence, 
exclusively  for  women. 

There  is  no  monetary  consideration 
whatever  for  any  of  the  teachings  but 
certain  requisites  are  necessary  for 
membership. 

All  women  who  desire  to  become  mem- 
bers are  expected  to  be  students,  and  to 
be  in  possession  of  stability  of  charac- 
ter, and  well  poised  for  the  pursuit  of 
Truth,  overcoming  all  vain  and  super- 
ficial Life  tendencies.  All  members 
must  be  loyal  to  the  Cause  of  Woman's 
Enlightenment  and  Emancipation,  and 
to  the  single  standard  of  morality. 
Envy,  jealousy,  vanity  and  derogatory 
gossip  are  powerful  foes  to  progress, 
and  must  be  avoided.  But  condemna- 
tion of  Crime,  of  social  evils,  and  cor- 

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rupt  systems  of  every  description  in  the 
abstract  is  the  duty  of  each  member. 

Cant,  hypocrisy,  affectation,  and  in- 
justice, in  every  form  in  which  it  pre- 
sents itself  must  be  strenuously  op- 
posed. Hypocrisy  is  soul  destructive 
and  intolerable. 

All  letters  of  inquiry  can  be  addressed 
to  the  Secretary  of  the  Woman's  Order 
of  Esoteric  Masonry,  1511  Reid  St.,  Los 
Angeles,  California. 

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